Guests:Jeff Grimm, Peggy Jackson, Ted Steffen, Michelle Strahm, Ted Witzig, Jr.Show Notes:How can our congregations help support and protect church leadership?Get to know your elder/ordained deacon couple; get to know their needs.Remember your leader's children at home when travelling for church business.Offer to sit with children in church.Give grace to leader's children like you would your own.Find out what needs to be done around their home; offer your skills.Gifts/acts of kindness are helpful, whether it is help with a vacation or thoughtful gifts periodically like gift cards.Take care of church visitors from the community; don't expect leadership to do it all.Encourage converts.Be willing to serve in church offices when asked.Pray for us.A text or email can be very helpful; we get down too.Don't expect leadership to be perfect; give grace; expect good intentions.Sometimes we can't share certain things; please be patient.Don't think leadership is too busy to talk about life or get together for dinner.Sometimes we need to make hard decisions; please be understanding.Our wives have to bear with us when leadership is hard.Challenges and blessings being in church leadership:Challenging to disengage from leadership responsibilities and spend quiet time with the Lord.Blessing to see first hand what God is doing in people's lives.Challenging seeing all the hard things going on in your congregation.Blessing being invited into people's precious moments (death bed, premarital counseling, etc.)Challenging for our wives to balance family issues and husband's busy schedule.Challenging managing pressure from others' opinions and expectations for our children.Blessing when financial burdens are shared.

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